The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-08-20

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she IA ~ her comps(i{or& among chem
ne .Puri(an. Maynow>r, Atlantic, and
Priscilla. without difficulty IN light wind,
which IL the kind Of breeze the Thistle
wants. and whom nearing Newport ~ the
wind freshened, she increased her lead on
the Puritan, which was nearest her. The
Goe'et cup race was smiled the next day.
and both in windward sailing and running
before the wind she proved herself not
only the fastest boat Mr.. Burgess has yet
built, but wonder in the way Of sailing.
She can get closer 70 the wind than any
OF her rivals. and her superiority was
demonstrated In every point OF sailing.
In a forty mile course she beat the May
flower by nearly nine minutes, the Attain
tic and Puritan by ten. aud the Priscilla
by over eighteen. The 9th another brush
occurred from Newport TO ottage City,
Mass, for cups offered by Mr.. J. Pierpont
Morgan The official figures were I'M
favorable for the Volunteer, n the May
flower beat her minutes and AZ seconds,
and the Puritan beat her 10 seconds. but
they are OF little consequences, as during
the last half Of the run she had 10 contend
against a strong tide, which the other two
fortunately escaped by keeping close in
shore. The real test OF her ability was in
a long reach, when all three boats had the
same chance, and in this reach she beat
the May flower 2 minutes IA seconds and
the Puritan minutes 10 seconds. la hor
last race, from Cottage lily 10 Marble
head, two-thirds OF the distance being a
beat to windward, she again displayed her
splendid qualities. The Puritan, volun-
teer, Atlantic, Mayhower and Priscilla
crossed the line In the order named at
a. M, the first two boats within few
seconds Of each other, and the Priscilla at
7;04. Al 7:20 the Puritan aud Volunteer
were hull down on tbs horizon, and at 8
the Volunteer was In the lead. The loss OF
her topmast In the stiff breeze virtually
placed the Puritan out of the race, but
the Volunteer gained on the others clear
to the finish, and crossed the line at Mar
bleheai three hours and half ahead of
her nearest competitor the Mayhower--
the rest nowhere
No American yacht has yet made such
series of initial races as this, not even
the Puritan, and this fact demonstrates
very clearly that IL will fall TO the volun-
teer's hot 20 contest the palm with the
Thistle, which is confessedly the beat boat
the English have yet built. She has
beaten both the Trek and Genesta several
times, and IL she is beaten by the yolun-
teer there will be no room left for excuses
by the English yachtsmen. She is tho
most formidable opponent that has ever
come after the Americas cup, but Ameri-
can yachtmen, after the Volunteers per-
formances, have no doubt OF her ability
TO defend it, In this connection a little
sum in mathematics which any one can
solve Is significant. IL the Thistle can
beat the Galatea fourteen minutes in o
forty-mile race, and the Mayhower can
beat the Gaiatea seventeen minutes in a
forty mile race, and the Volunteer can
beat the Mayhower over eight minutes in
a forty mile race, how many minutes can
the Volunteer beat the Thistle in forty
m, lie racoY